Arstechnica reports on a study where they measured the productivity of software developers of different open source projects doing different (also non-coding) tasks.
In the comments there’s a snarky summary of the articles main point:
“These factors lead the researchers to conclude that current AI coding tools may be particularly ill-suited to “settings with very high quality standards, or with many implicit requirements (e.g., relating to documentation, testing coverage, or linting/formatting) that take humans substantial time to learn.” While those factors may not apply in “many realistic, economically relevant settings” involving simpler code bases, they could limit the impact of AI tools in this study and similar real-world situations.”
So as long as I cull the experienced people and commit to lousy software the glorious Age of AI will deliver productivity gains? Awesome, those ones were the expensive headcount!